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Afraid of self-driving car testing on public roads? Compared to what?

A front-page article in last Sunday’s Washington Post beat an old drum: “Some Silicon Valley Residents Anxious Over Self-Driving Cars.” The usual concerns were expressed regarding how these vehicles can’t be trusted to be safe, plus objections to corporations like Lyft, Waymo, and Cruise developing robo-taxis which could put drivers out of work.  And, one cannot deny that a fatality occurred in Uber’s case, when a safety driver wasn’t doing their job. However, the new wrinkle in this article was a focus on Silicon Valley residents with some understanding of computer science who nevertheless don’t feel safe around Self-Driving Cars (SDC’s).

https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardbishop1/2019/10/11/afraid-of-self-driving-car-testing-on-public-roads-compared-to-what/#151d45134999

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